Aliens on the Run

More from sketching and movies.

Portrait Sketches

Sketching while watching a movie. Seems to be the common trend these days.

Mullet Monster

The name says it all.

Cat & Mouse

This is the last of a series of four illustrations to be used for children's books.

Dinosaur Soup

No it's not bits of dinosaur, it's just alphabet soup with dinosaurs. No need to bang down my door. I included the sketch and I wanted to emphasize the large oval and circular shapes. I wanted to add a little more contrast than what I usually do. Something my work has needed in the past for variety.

Sandy Koufax

Portrait of Sandy Koufax to be used for an auction on November 17th. Originally it was going to Kevin Youkilis but since they just had the biggest collapse in baseball history I will steer clear of that until the dust settles.

Strange Fish

These are a few of the fish I came up with poking fun at some of their patterns and names. This could turn out to be an endless project.

Lettering Fish

Shrimp Matis Creature

Stegosaurus Fish

Gold Fish

Clown Fish

Zebra Fish

Spotted Fish

The Challenge of Snow

I have never tried to draw or paint snow in an illustration. I had to take this one really slow and have a good mental picture before executing. I looked up several artists work to see how they tackled snow and watercolor. For the most part it was almost a black and white illustration before a few areas of actual color appeared. Now off to the beach.

Sketchbook Update...Blah, Blah, Blah

Bough a new sketchbook and thought I'd watch a movie while drawing. The movie was a dud as it transferred to the drawing. Must be a subconscious thing.

Personal Work

My obsession with weird fish continues. This one is very strange.

Siesta Key Drum Circle

This was a long one. I came home each day and worked and worked and work. Well the fan worked more than I did to dry the watercolors. So I worked then watched. That has to count for something. This is the popular local communities drum circle. The three characters are the larger than life mainstays each Sunday on the beach. They draw many people each week to enjoy music and a sunset.

Plant Alien...or Something Like That.

Not sure the idea behind this sketch/ practice illustration. I am in the process of trying to find a new paper to use since they discontinued W & N hp 140lb. I'm experimenting with as many different types of watercolor paper as I can find. This illustration is using the old college classic: illustration board. Never thought I would be using that again but so far it works better than the others I've tried. Good thing I still have a supply of the old tried and true W & N for professional work. I the mean time I will keep searching under rocks and in art stores. I drew the plant alien while watching “Into the Wild.” It was very inspirational and sad at the same time. Maybe it was because the main character was an alien in nature? Probably not but I'm also on a diet so I will blame that for the concept behind this picture. No for more vegetables...mmm.

Stuffed Animals

Using four earth tones to complete the picture was a challenge. Most of the picture only has three with the rabbit having a few washes of burnt sienna (who doesn't like a little burnt sienna every now and then). Even cracked open an old set of colored pencils to add some highlight so it lightens the mood a bit.

Couch Part 2

This was a test of drawing from observation and painting from memory. The colors are close and ended up being a good test of memory (at least that's what I remember).

Studio Pics

I always like seeing photo's of other artist's studios/ workspaces so I figured I'd toss mine out there. It has been labeled "The Cave" by my wife of course, since I never come out. It's basically a converted spare bedroom that turned in to my workspace. Tiki (the garbage cat) likes to rummage through the garbage in search for discarded thumbnails and sketches for his very own.

Milking America

This is based an article about America being milked from every direction and no end in sight. Whether it's from the government, employer, utilities, entertainment, basic cost of living, the separation grows closer together between income and expenses.The United States map and the milking machine indicate the seriousness and lack of human touch of the issue with the comical "moo" indicating the lack of seriousness indicated in the article by many individuals.

Monkey Still Life

Drawing of my stuffed monkey that sits at the bottom of my bookshleves. In college I told people that he would lay a curse on them if they weren't carefull. Ironically it worked most of the time. To this day I watch my step.

Updated Website

I knew I needed to get to this for the longest time and finally sat my self down and plugged away all day night.

Illustrations for Notre Dame Magazine from a while ago. Article regadring court jesters and their history and in the political arena.

Hemingway: Version 2.0

New finished work of Ernest Hemingway. Probably my most drawn celebrity or famous historical figure. Always had a fascination with him and his Key West years.